WOMEN IN COMBAT

WASHINGTON — Two women have now passed the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press.

CONGRESS-IRAN NUCLEAR

WASHINGTON — The fiercely contested Iran nuclear deal will likely survive in the U.S. Congress despite unified Republican opposition and some Democratic defections, the top Senate Republican says. That would mean a major foreign policy win for President Barack Obama. 

FEMALE SEX PILL

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration approves the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a pharmaceutical industry eager to replicate the blockbuster success of impotence drugs for men. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH

ATLANTA — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says that the government should have broad surveillance powers of Americans and private technology firms should cooperate better with intelligence agencies to help combat "evildoers." 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON-OBAMA

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton is voicing opposition to President Barack Obama's move to allow drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on Keystone XL, in some of the first signs of how she'll seek to differentiate herself from the outgoing president.

OBAMA-METHANE-EMISSIONS

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposes cutting methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade, part of an effort by President Barack Obama to curb climate change.